It was the feast of the harvest, it ordered Aboriginal affairs materials, and celebrated, venerated cultural and spiritual traditions.
In the material order in Beñesmen were held in Tagoror (meeting places) in which the land and areas of farming, herding and fishing were distributed, as well as cattle and swarms, and tasks are assigned to the different members society undertaken in the year starting on that day.
In the spiritual order, Beñesmen was the day that Aboriginals thanked and asked their gods, especially the most important deities, Magec, Achamán and Chaxiraxi, identified by the Guanches with the Catholic Christian Virgin of Candelaria (Patron of Canary Islands).
Elements of the Beñesmen were Christianized, to officially move the festival of the Virgin of Candelaria of February 2 to August 15, coinciding with the feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary.
Currently the pilgrimage to Candelaria, (held during the night of August 14 to 15) is a legacy of this ancient rite of aboriginals.